With the monthly obligations to the privately-owned Azura Power Plant continuing to hurt the nation’s finances, the federal government has come up with a number of emergency mitigating measures, TheCable The post EXCLUSIVE: FG adopts emergency measures as Azura burden bites harder appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGAbubakar Suleiman, the managing director of Sterling Bank, says the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for other aspects of banking, asides payments, to be made digital. Speaking with Ogechi The post Sterling Bank MD: More banking services can be digital NOT just payments appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGLonge Yesufu Alonge, a director with Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP), gives a broad insight into the 540MW power project in Akwa Ibom state. According to him, QIPP is unique The post INTERVIEW: Qua Iboe power project fits perfectly into Buhari’s initiative, says director appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGJesse Osiobe, chief executive officer (CEO) of agric-tech company Farmkart Foods, says there is an ongoing maize pandemic in Nigeria. He said this pandemic driven by the decision of the The post There is a maize pandemic in Nigeria, says Farmkart CEO appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGVictoria Madedor, an agribusiness expert and group head of business development at BOI Investment and Trust Company, a subsidiary of the Bank of Industry Nigeria, says Nigerian farmers are the The post Madedor: Nigerian farmers are the heroes of COVID-19 pandemic appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGInvestigative journalist, Tunde Omolehin, travelled to Konni, Niger Republic — a town which shares borders with Nigeria – through Illela, Sokoto state, to get a first-hand account of how smugglers The post UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION: How smugglers use donkeys, camels, motorbikes to aid movement of contraband appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGNigeria is seriously considering entering into another $30 million a month “take or pay” deal with Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP), a private generating company, TheCable can report. The current The post EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria considers $30m monthly ‘take or pay’ deal with Qua Iboe Power appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGWith N200 and knowing the “right” person to talk to, you can get high on something fancy in Jos, the Plateau state capital. The city where a percentage of Nigeria’s The post INSIDE STORY: The world of drug addicts roaming the streets of Jos appeared first on TheCable. Source: Policy Radar
CONTINUE READINGSimon Lalong, governor of Plateau, and other members of the state executive council, have gone into self-isolation after Abe Aku, commissioner for commerce and industry, tested positive for COVID-19. Dan The post Lalong goes into isolation as commissioner tests positive for COVID-19 appeared first on TheCable.
CONTINUE READINGWhen the next managing director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) assumes office, one of the knotty issues he will have to crack is the N13.5 billion claim The post INSIDE STORY: The N13.5bn civil war between Adeleke’s power plants, NERC and NBET appeared first on TheCable.
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